first week in april...

the first week of april has come and gone just in the blink of an eye.
and i think i have also been made an april's fool victim.

well, to be more specific, i was a credit card fraud victim.....on 1 april 2013.
it started with 2 smses at 4 in the evening saying that i had made a transaction of 1USD on some purchase which i of course did not know anything of. i thought i was going to give  the bank a call a bit later when i was freer, but the bank actually called me first 5 minutes later telling me that an attempt to swipe my card for more than rm10,000 on a holiday website was made. of course the transaction could not get through because that was way over my credit limit.

the website was expedia paris. when i gave it more thought, i had a feeling i knew when my card was compromised. it must be when i made an online purchase for a ring on net-a-porter's european website last week. gosh, that would be the only time i shop from net-a-porter.
 

so it was goodbye to my visa card and i already have got a new replacement sent to my house. thank god for the quick action by maybank to block it. i wonder if they will track the fraudster and make any arrest. that is the most important isn't it? to nip the bud.
well, now i still got to inform the insurance companies about the change so my direct debit with them will work.

next up in the week.....flood in my bedroom!!!!

it rained very heavily on wednesday and i was at the handball court supporting the boys when my housemate called saying water was flowing out of my room!
luckily i did not lock the door and they could go in and put all the pails.

this was like 3 hours after the rain and the big patch of the ceiling was all wet. i was so worried that the airconditioner and lights would not function because if you look more carefully, you can see the cable that ran straight on the ceiling where the water dripped.

all the pails in the house were used to contain the water. my housemate told me that the water flowed all the way to the door and down the stairs. gosh...it must have been like a waterfall when the rain was the heaviest.

luckily it did not rain again that night and i could get my sleep. the next afternoon, as soon as i got home from work, i got the repairman to come. so it was fixed within an hour. the tiles were not broken but it was rubbish which blocked the water flow and pushed it down the roof. phew.

i took part in ping pong competition among government agencies in the district. it was a break from the monotonous work routine. we competed in team event and we played all doubles matches.

so far, we had played against 2 other teams and we had won. yipppee!! i won my games quite easily. hahah...i hope it will continue to be such way.
on monday, there will be another last match for the group. i think we will have no problem winning and top the group ;)

the semi-final matches will be played on wednesday and final will be on thursday. so i have something to look forward to this week. wish me luck. i don't know what we will get when we win, but no one is thinking about the reward yet. everyone joins willingly and pays for their own expenses to get to the competition venue. well, it is near for me since it is held in tapah, but some do travel all the way from tg malim.

then on saturday, i went down to kl to attend a friend's wedding.

there was a stopover at one utama after that wedding to meet an ex-colleague of mine. of course, i couldn't resist taking this photo of the stage where sammi had already attended the event today promoting osim's massage chair. nope, i did not go. i had other more important commitments to attend to. i guess now that i am older, i learn to prioritise. not that i could get close to her by attending the event. so what the heck. skip.

my primary school friend and also my neighbour married a chinese lady from china. gosh, it was such a nice wedding with the traditional indian ceremony being held on the stage. i arrived when they were exchanging thali (wedding string) and also flower garlands. despite the noise made by the traditional instrument players, there was a serenity in the chaos. i believe that this marriage is going to be a lasting one and they will find bliss in each other. i truly do. the groom still owes me a long explanation of his whereabouts .....so i will be waiting for that e-mail to come to update me. hahahhaa.

at 1 utama, i met again when meeting my ex-colleague. wa.....really so full ah. we ate at lavender, a bakery but their dining area serves really good meals. of course i couldn't finished what i ordered....greedy lah. hahaha.... the dish in front of the camera was mine- croque madame. very very rich. the perfect breakfast meal.

the above was basically how i occupied my week.

now to some random pics.

coconut flavoured m&ms from japan. yes, the coconut aroma is really strong. but the brown ones not so.

hello kitty digital watch with a secret compartment for candies ;)
given by an ex-kid who went to singapore for a holiday. how sweet....hahaah....i think i will just keep the watch in its packet for the time being.

ok, time for bed. another exciting week awaits me.